Skip navigation

You are in:  Home » Museum » Museum catalogue » Polar Art Collection » Article

Museum catalogue: Polar Art Collection

 

Gjoa

Image
Accession no.: Y: 72/11/5
Title: Gjoa
Description: One of five full colour prints of Famous Ships in Canadian History by Melbourne Smith. Commissioned by Hudson's Bay Company for its 300th anniversary.
Medium: Reproduction
Artist: Smith, Melbourne
Note: Impression of Roald Amundsen's Gjoa, the first vessel to naviagte a northwest passage.
Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 495mm; height: 420mm